🦥 Lazy Helper !

A simple interface to help lazy people like me to shut down/reboot/sleep/lock/etc. their computer remotely.

- USAGE

If you're a lazy guy, like me. or a busy one, you may leave your PC on, when you're going to sleep, or going to watch a movie on TV.

There you are ! This is the solution you're looking for :)

Just install and run LazyHelper and after that you're able to shut down your linux PC with your mobile !

- API

LazyHelper API is described Here

- Installation

git clone https://github.com/mehdiirh/LazyHelper.git && cd LazyHelper

LazyHelper 🦥 likes lazy people, so because you're too lazy to install step by step, it will install itself :)

You will be asked to create a superuser, please do it to use authentication system.

Run:

sudo bash install.sh && source venv/bin/activate

Yay !

Now you can run your LazyHelper:

./manage.py runserver 0.0.0.0:8081  # <- you can change the port 

Connect your phone and PC to same network and access it from your PC local ip address :

192.168.*.*:<port>

- [Optional] Set host name

sudo nano /etc/hosts

Add this line after 127.0.0.1 localhost:

127.0.0.1    <your-host-name>  # like: mehdi

Execute this command:

hostnamectl set-hostname <your-host-name>

Reboot!

Now you can access your PC from your-host-name.local ( like: mehdi.local) from any device on your network

- Daemonize

sudo nano /etc/systemd/system/LazyHelper.service

Edit this service based on your configs, then hit Ctrl+X and Enter to save

[Unit]
Description=LazyHelper
After=network.target

[Service]
WorkingDirectory=  # Like: /home/mehdi/python/projects/LazyHelper
ExecStart= # Like: /home/mehdi/python/projects/LazyHelper/venv/bin/python manage.py runserver 0.0.0.0:8081
Restart=always

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

Execute:

sudo systemctl enable LazyHelper
sudo systemctl start LazyHelper

Done !

- Disable authentication ( NOT RECOMMENDED )

To use LazyHelper you have to log in by default, if you want to disable this behavior, go to "settings" section, disable "login-required" and save

❗️ SECURITY WARNING

By disabling authentication, anyone on your network can access your PC.
They can execute everything. even delete your whole OS !!

If you're on a public network, never disable authentication

Your Pull Requests are so welcome !

Currently, I have no idea how to make this work on Windows. If you know, please submit a PR.

Also, any UI/UX improvements are welcome

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